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Swine Flu Web Page for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
MNA Swine Flu Materials
- 09.18.2009 | N95 Respirators Letter to MDPH
- 09.03.2009 | 2009 Flu Vaccine Update - Includes DPH Circular Letter and DPH Influenza Vaccine Declination Form
Swine Flu Information
- 02.22.10 | March 22nd H1N1 Conference
- 02.19.10 | WHO picks pandemic strain for next seasonal flu vaccine
- 02.03.10 | Effectiveness of Common Household Cleaning Agents in Reducing the Viability of Human Influenza A/H1N1
- 01.28.10 | SAVE THE DATE: Responding to H1N1 Influenza: Lessons Learned
- 01.02.10 | CDC H1N1 Flu Website Situation Update, January 2, 2010
- 12.23.09 | Dec 23 09 DPH notice re vaccine distribution by
- 12.23.09 | Dec 23 09 Comparing deaths from pandemic and seasonal influenza
- 12.23.09 | Dec 23 09 Study On Immune System Effects of H1N1
- 12.17.09 | Patrick-Murray Administration Announces Expanded Eligibility to Receive H1N1 Flu Vaccine
- 12.16.09 | Dec 16 09 from MDPH re H1N1 Vaccine Voluntary Recall of pediatric 0.25 mL
- 12.11.09 | CDC: About 1 in 6 Americans have had swine flu
- 12.11.09 | CDC sharply raises H1N1 case estimates; kids hit hard
- 12.08.09 | H1N1 virus attacks deep into the lungs
- 12.03.09 | Flu test wrong, girl almost dies
- 11.30.09 | Nov 30 09 edition of American Medical news from AMA meeting: No flu shot mandate for doctors. Published Nov. 23, 2009
- 11.23.09 | U.S. slow to build new flu defenses
- 11.20.09 | Bay State flu ‘crisis’
- 11.20.09 | Bathrooms, Hand dryers and H1N1
- 11.20.09 | Nov 20 09 Washington Post Breaking News: Norwegian scientists raise concerns about mutated form of swine flu
- 11.20.09 | Nov 20 2009 National stats on H1n1-incidence, morbidity , trends etc
- 11.17.09 | Free 24/7 Webcast: 2009 Physician Office Laboratories Influenza Update: Utility of Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests for H1N1 & Seasonal Influenza
- 11.16.09 | Nov 13 2009 Guidance for School nurses on H1N1
- 11.12.09 | To get CDC Estimates On H1N1 Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths
- 11.10.09 | From MA DPH Order Pursuant to M.G.L. c.111, s.5A Regarding Prescribing and Dispensing Tamiflu for Oral Suspension
- 11.10.09 | Nov 9 2009 Revised standing order for Inactivated H1N1 Flu Vaccine
- 11.09.09 | Globe Nov 8 2009 A day in the life of a pandemic (MDPH story)
- 11.09.09 | Nov 9 2009 NY state Doh agrees N95s are the appropriate standard for H1N1
- 11.06.09 | AP Nov 6 2009 Goldman Sachs, Citigroup Got Swine Flu Vaccine
- 11.06.09 | Fundamentals of Influenza Vaccine Admin, Storage, and Handling
- 11.05.09 | CDC says vaccine shortage likely to outlast current H1N1 wave
- 11.05.09 | Guidance For Emergency Department Use For H1N1 Symptoms
- 11.05.09 | Guidance on Waiver or Modification of Federal Requirements Under Section 1135 of the Social Security Act
- 11.03.09 | Differences Between Cold, Seasonal Flu and H1N1 Symptoms
- 11.02.09 | Nov 2 2009 Swine flu: Worst-case outbreak could severely strain hospitals--shortage of ECMOs, ICU beds, N95 and surgical masks, gels, staff etc etc all possible
- 11.02.09 | Nurses union reaches deal on H1N1 safety in U.S.
- 10.31.09 | WHO updates H1N1 recommendations
- 10.30.09 | October 30 09 MDPH Updated: MA H1N1 Situation Report
- 10.30.09 | Oct 30 09 Boston Globe MA Hospital Association law firms stockpiles Tamiflu for its employees: MDPH and public health officials question
- 10.25.09 | Obama declares flu emergency to ease restrictions for hospitals
- 10.23.09 | Oct 23 09 MDPH Situation Report - Massachusetts Response to H1N1
- 10.22.09 | 2009 flu vaccine update: seasonal and H1N1
- 10.22.09 | MNA urges respiratory protection for healthcare workers
- 10.21.09 | In Flu Pandemic, Florida’s Hospitals May Exclude Certain Patients
- 10.21.09 | October 21 2009 DPH Regulatory Clarification re Employee Influenza Vaccine Programs when vaccine unavailable
- 10.20.09 | Occupational Health Issues Associated with H1N1 Influenza Virus (Swine Flu)
- 10.20.09 | Oct 20 2009 Nurses to Conduct One-Day Protest Strike Over H1N1 Pandemic
- 10.19.09 | Oct 19 2009 CNA/NNOC Release: Major Nurses Strike and Picket Looms October 30 As RNs to Protest Hospital Gaps in Swine Flu Safety
- 10.16.09 | Seasonal Flu and Swine Flu Updates
- 10.15.09 | Swine and Seasonal Flu Updates
- 10.13.09 | Seasonal flu and swine flu updates for 10.13.09-10.14.09
- 10.13.09 | Oct 13 09 Magnet hospital serves up radiation overdoses to 200 patients for 18 months before a patient discovers the problem
- 10.10.09 | AP Oct 10 09 76 children die of swine flu as cases rise - Flu activity in Massachusetts less widespread
- 10.09.09 | Latex Allergy Linked to Adverse Reaction to Swine Flu Shot
- 10.09.09 | Oct 9 09 New Articles On H1N1 In NEJM - epi and other statistical info
- 10.09.09 | HiN1 Influenza Roundup -- Friday, October 9
- 10.09.09 | Oct 9 09 MDPH Update on Seasonal and H1N1 Vaccine supply
- 10.09.09 | Oct 9 09 Decontamination Methods For Filtering Facepiece Respirators
- 10.09.09 | Latex Allergy Linked to Adverse Reaction to Swine Flu Shot - Bloomberg.com
- 10.08.09 | Oct 8 09 NYTimes.com: Areas Hit Hard by Swine Flu in Spring See Little Now
- 10.08.09 | Nurses Win Federal Court Decision on Virginia Mason's Mandatory Flu Vaccination Policy
- 10.08.09 | Areas Hit Hard by Flu in Spring See Little Now
- 10.07.09 | Sept 10 09 U of Washington and SUNY study shows Swine flu (H1N1) vaccine will come too late to stem outbreak
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 09 Correct Flu declination form now on MDPH website and attached
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 O9 ACEP Study: Physicians Fail to Recognize Symptoms in Nearly Half of Children in Flu Pandemic Drill
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 09 ACEP Recs re H1n1 and seasonal flu -- N95s, Triage, Testing, Admission criteria, Antivirals etc
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 2009 Study: Probiotics very effective in preventing colds and influenze like symptoms in pre-schoolers
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 09 From MDPH: Video on administration of live, attenuated nasal spray flu vaccine
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 09 WSJ Flu Shots delayed in Canada (unpublished study showed seasonal shots could increase H1n1 risk)
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 09 Study: Partial protection against novel influenza A/H1N1 2009 from seasonal flu injection!
- 10.07.09 | Sept 10 09 U of Washington and SUNY study shows Swine flu (H1N1) vaccine will come too late to stem outbreak
- 10.07.09 | Oct 6 09 Herald "Expert [member of MNA's EP Task Force]: 'Flu shots coming ‘too late’"
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 09 Study: Partial protection against novel influenza A/H1N1 2009 from seasonal flu injection!
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 09 From MDPH: Video on administration of live, attenuated nasal spray flu vaccine
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 09 ACEP Recs re H1n1 and seasonal flu -- N95s, Triage, Testing, Admission criteria, Antivirals etc
- 10.07.09 | Oct 7 O9 ACEP Study: Physicians Fail to Recognize Symptoms in Nearly Half of Children in Flu Pandemic Drill
- 10.06.09 | CDC adult influenza triage algorithm
- 10.06.09 | Jan 6 06 Nurses Win Federal Court Decision on Virginia Mason's Mandatory Flu Vaccination Policy
- 10.06.09 | Oct 5 09 Debate Rages over Mandated Flu Shots: MA story
- 10.06.09 | Oct 5 09 NYTimes Room for Debate: America Takes On Swine Flu
- 10.06.09 | Oct 6 09 Herald "Expert [member of MNA's EP Task Force]: 'Flu shots coming ‘too late’"
- 10.06.09 | Oct 5 09 ANA getting $ from CDC to push nurses to get immunized
- 10.06.09 | US health workers get first pandemic flu vaccine doses
- 10.06.09 | Oct 6 09 WHO says H1N1 vaccine safe, urges mass take-up | Reuters
- 10.06.09 | TOMORROW! CDC COCA Conference Call: H1N1 Pediatrics Update and Overview of CDC's Child Care Guidance - October 7, 2009
- 10.05.09 | Oct 5 09 US health workers get first pandemic flu vaccine (H1N1) doses
- 10.05.09 | Vaccine Is On Its Way, But Public Still Wary Swine Flu Campaign Faces Key Barriers: Unease, Ambivalence
- 10.05.09 | Inside OSHA: Unions Urge Against Mandatory Flu Shots For Hospital Workers, October 1, 2009
- 10.05.09 | Oct 5 09 CDC Updates for Clinicians: Sept 28 -Oct 05, 2009
- 10.05.09 | Oct 5 2009 Medical Ethicist George Annas: Don't force medical pros to get H1N1 vaccine
- 10.02.09 | Oct 2 09 Inside OSHA: Unions Urge Against Mandatory Flu Shots For Hospital Workers
- 10.02.09 | Oct 22 09 H1N1 Vaccine Information Statements now available online
- 10.01.09 | Oct 1 2009 Inside OSHA: Unions Urge Against Mandatory Flu Shots For Hospital Workers
- 10.01.09 | Oct 1 09 Criteria for novel H1N1 influenza testing at the MA State Laboratory remain unchanged
- 10.01.09 | Oct 1 09: Bacterial Coinfections in Lung Tissue Specimens from Fatal Cases of H1N1
- 10.01.09 | Loeb et al Oct 2009 JAMA
- 09.30.09 | Health care workers taking a pass on H1N1 vaccinations | NECN
- 09.29.09 | Sept 29 08 The severity of pandemic H1N1 influenza in the United States, April – July 2009
- 09.29.09 | Sept 29 09 H1N1 OB Guidance for New Mothers With Influenza Like Illness Who Are Hospitalized
- 09.29.09 | Sept 29 09 H1N1 OB Guidance for New Mothers With Influenza Like Illness Who Are Hospitalized
- 09.28.09 | Sept 28 09 Seasonal Flu Vaccine Update
- 09.28.09 | Sept 28 09 Efficacy Of Seasonal (2008) Influenza vaccine
- 09.28.09 | Sep 28 09 Globe Flu threats are tough to pin down -- Stats on spike in flu cases
- 09.28.09 | Mandatory flu vaccination splits workers
- 09.28.09 | Sept 28 2009 New York State's PEF statement on mandated vaccinations
- 09.28.09 | Sept 28 09 Globe Hingham MA teen dies in Ohio after a battle against H1N1
- 09.27.09 | Sept 27 09: SITUATION REPORT . MASSACHUSETTS H1N1 RESPONSE
- 09.26.09 | Wash Post Sept 26 09 Doctors, Hospitals Feeling the Weight of Swine Flu: Health-Care Workers Say Patient Load Is Swiftly Increasing
- 09.26.09 | Wash Post Sept 26 09 Doctors, Hospitals Feeling the Weight of Swine Flu: Health-Care Workers Say Patient Load Is Swiftly Increasing
- 09.25.09 | Sept 25 09 CDC Health Update: Updated Pediatric Antiviral Dosing Syringe and Compounding Information for 2009 H1N1 and Seasonal Flu - Sept. 25, 2009
- 09.25.09 | Reuters Sept 24 2009 Rapid flu tests miss many swine flu cases: CDC
- 09.25.09 | September 25 2009 Mandatory Flu Vaccination Policies Spreading in a number of states
- 09.25.09 | Sept 25 09 CDC Health Update: Updated Pediatric Antiviral Dosing Syringe and Compounding Information for 2009 H1N1 and Seasonal Flu - Sept. 25, 2009
- 09.24.09 | Nurses Needed for Flu Clinics
- 09.24.09 | Confusion re which flu declination form to use; APPROVED FORM in message below
- 09.24.09 | Sept 24 09: Studies raise seaonal flu shot fear: seasonal flu shots may increase susceptibility to H1N1
- 09.24.09 | Sept 24 2009: CDC's Focus Group Report on Immunization of Health Care Workers (draft report)
- 09.23.09 | Sept 16 2002 Bloomberg "Surgical Masks Don't Stop Flu From Spreading"
- 09.23.09 | Sept 23 09 H1N1 DPH Perinatal Advisory Committee Update on Antiviral Guidance for Obstetric Health Care Providers
- 09.22.09 | NYT Sept 22 09 Benefit and Doubt in Vaccine Additive
- 09.22.09 | Sept 22 09 DPH: Implementation of Final Emergency Regulation Authorizing Administration of Vaccine by Designated Health Care Professionals
- 09.22.09 | Sept 22 09 Canadian experts applaud deliberate vaccine proces
- 09.22.09 | Sept 22 09 Texas hospital swamped with flu patients, hospital sets up triage tents/tent hospitals
- 09.22.09 | Sept 22 09 AHA Letter to NIOSH undermining IOM findings
- 09.22.09 | Newsday: Nurses join others to protest mandated vaccine
- 09.21.09 | New York Health Care Workers Resist Flu Vaccine Rule
- 09.20.09 | Globe Nov 21 08 Boston launches flu shot tracking
- 09.19.09 | Globe Sept 17 09 "In public health bill, a contagion of fear: State rebuts talk of forced injections"
- 09.18.09 | MNA Supports DPH Plan Requiring Health Care Employers to Provide Flu Vaccination to Health Care Workers
- 09.18.09 | Houston Chronicle article on whether Employers can require flu shots
- 09.18.09 | Implementation of Final Emergency Regulation Authorizing Administration of Vaccine by Designated Health Care Professionals
- 09.18.09 | H1N1 vaccine production far less than forecast: WHO
- 09.18.09 | Sept 18 09 DMH Behavioral Health materials re to Pandemics
- 09.17.09 | : Handwashing and Nonpharmaceutical Interventions
- 09.17.09 | From MDPH Screening forms for seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccination
- 09.17.09 | Sep 11 09 STATEMENT BY DR. FAUCI, DIRECTOR, NIAID re H1N1 trials
- 09.17.09 | Sept 1 09 MDPH update re H1N1 Vaccine Program Provider Registration
- 09.17.09 | Sept 17 09 Update from MDPH: Seasonal and H1N1 flu resources for the general public
- 09.17.09 | Flu information site Info in several languages for doctors, nurses and patients
- 09.17.09 | Just announced by MDPH: Significant delays in getting seasonal flu vaccine
- 09.17.09 | From MDPH Screening forms for seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccination
- 09.16.09 | September 16 2009 Statewide Medical Surge Committee: H1N1 PowerPoint presentation
- 09.16.09 | ICU study: Half of flu patients were previously healthy
- 09.16.09 | Sept 16 2009 DPH Flu Clinic website now live (sites to find vaccine)
- 09.16.09 | Sept 16 2009 Traditional medicine can cure swine flu: Chinese state media
- 09.15.09 | FDA approves H1N1 vaccine applications
- 09.15.09 | Globe Sept 14 09 Tracking disease globally: HealthMap.org
- 09.14.09 | MDPH: MCNP News - Help with H1N1 Surveillance
- 09.14.09 | Sept 14 09 Implementation of Final Emergency Regulation Authorizing Administration of Vaccine by Designated Health Care Professionals
- 09.13.09 | Sept 14 webinar! School-located vaccination clinics strategy
- 09.11.09 | Sept 11 09 DPH Weekly Stats Flu Update
- 09.11.09 | NEJM re single dose of H1N1 Vaccine Studies
- 09.11.09 | OSHA Citations On a hospital re to H1N1 Exposure And Respiratory Protection
- 09.11.09 | Report that H1N1 infects lungs far deeper than seasonal virus
- 09.10.09 | H1N1 Influenza, Public Health Preparedness, and Health CareReform | Health Care Reform 2009
- 09.10.09 | [occ-env-med-l] Flu Spread in temperate zones by aerosol, intropics by contact: A hypothesis
- 09.10.09 | Providers having trouble getting seasonal flu vaccine
- 09.08.09 | Sept 3 09 ION (Institute of Medicine) Recommends N95 Respirators to Protect healthcare Workers from H1N1
- 09.08.09 | Statewide Conference Call on H1N1 Wed Sept 9 3:30-5 pm you can call into
- 09.08.09 | Washington State flu outbreak eases up
- 09.08.09 | Joint Commission to Healthcare Workers: Get Flu Vaccine
- 09.04.09 | Sept 4 09 Swine Flu Sickens 2,000 at Washington State University 1st week of school
- 09.03.09 | 2009 Flu Vaccine Update
- 09.03.09 | MDPH: FAQs re: H1N1vaccination
- 09.03.09 | From MDPH re Influenza-Related Pediatric Deaths
- 09.02.09 | DPH Statement Refuting Ralse Rumors of Mandatory Vaccination Sept 2 2009
- 09.01.09 | National Nurse Survey Shows Deficiencies in Hospital Flu Readiness
- 09.01.09 | Finding a Scapegoat When Epidemics Strike
- 09.01.09 | Roundup of H1N1 Resources for Nurses
- 09.01.09 | CVS, Walgreens to offer free flu shots to unemployed
- 09.01.09 | C’mon health workers, get your swine flu shots
- 08.31.09 | MDPH request for help with H1N1 surveillance
- 08.28.09 | How to Prepare for a Pandemic: 100 Tips, Tools, and Resources
- 08.27.09 | Reuters.com - No flu vaccines before mid-October, CDC predicts
- 08.27.09 | Flu derails obesity initiative in schools
- 08.27.09 | Special Flu.Gov Webcast for Pregnant Women & New Moms - August 27, 2009
- 08.26.09 | Half of health workers reject swine flu shot
- 08.26.09 | Full H1N1 immunity may not come till Thanksgiving
- 08.25.09 | ABC-White house warns massive swine flu spread
- 08.25.09 | Information on Provider Registration for H1N1 Vaccine
- 08.25.09 | Aug 24 09 Info from Al DeMaria MD re the H1N1 vaccine composition
- 08.23.09 | Aug 23 2009 Wash Post Swine Flu Campaign Waits on Vaccine: Only Third of Supply Is Expected for First Round of Vast Effort
- 08.23.09 | How Swine Flu Vaccine Works
- 08.23.09 | Aug 23 09 Wash Post Flu Strategists See Schools on Front Line: Children Key to Infection-Prevention Dynamic
- 08.22.09 | Statewide Conference on H1N1 Influenza Response
- 08.21.09 | Aug 20 '09 Kids roll up sleeves for H1N1 clinical trial (ie, Vaccine still being tested)
- 08.21.09 | MDPH H1N1 Vaccine Program - Provider Registration Information
- 08.21.09 | Aug 21 '09: Use of Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine -
- 08.21.09 | Aug. 19, 2009 DPH Statewide Surge Taskforce Meeting: Update for MNA
- 08.21.09 | Aug 21 09 Globe: US urges colleges to isolate students sick with swine flu: Guidelines aim to prevent spread throughout dorms
- 08.19.09 | Schools asked not to close if flu hits
- 08.19.09 | Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to the 2009 - 2010 Influenza Season
- 08.19.09 | Immunization
- 08.18.09 | Oseltamivir-Resistant Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection in Two Immunosuppressed Patients --- Seattle, Washington, 2009
- 08.18.09 | Mass vaccinations planned for deadly fall threat
- 08.18.09 | Globe Aug 18 2009 Cases of swine flu higher among city blacks, Hispanics
- 08.18.09 | MMMR report on H1N1 in Two Immunosuppressed Patients
- 08.13.09 | Liability Protections for People Involved in H1N1 Vaccination Campaign
- 08.13.09 | Massachusetts: Dentists, pharmacists and paramedics to administer H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine
- 08.13.09 | IOM hears diverse findings on PPE for flu
- 08.13.09 | Globe Aug 13 '09 State takes extra steps to battle flu in fall: Deputizes dentists, others to help with vaccinations
- 08.13.09 | IOM hears diverse findings on PPE for flu
- 08.11.09 | CDC Novel H1N1 Vaccination Planning Q&A Aug 11 2009
- 08.11.09 | State to designate providers to give H1N1 vaccines Aug 11 09
- 08.10.09 | DPH: Seasonal flu standing orders August 10 2009
- 08.07.09 | Public Health and Medical Responses to the 1957-58 Influenza Pandemic
- 08.06.09 | Ouch! Early flu shot season comes with 3 jabs
- 08.04.09 | Swine flu fatal to local cancer nurse
- 08.04.09 | Swine Flu Fact Sheet Linke
- 08.04.09 | Surgical Masks Help Ward Off Flu, Maybe
- 07.20.09 | 10 Steps You Can Take
- 07.13.09 | Swine Flu Links and Bill Language
- 07.10.09 | H1N1 update and policies in Argentina
- 07.10.09 | CDC Health Advisory - July 9, 2009 - Three Reports of Oseltamivir Resistant Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Viruses
- 07.02.09 | MDPH Flu Update 7 2 09 - Massachusetts
- 06.11.09 | CDC H1N1 Flu Website Situation Update
- 01.04.09 | Two new studies on H1N1 in NEJM - one addressing the outbreak in a NYC schools and the other looking at household transmission.
- 12.31.69 | CDC Clinical Reminder - HealthCare Worker Vaccination Recommendations: Oct. 23, 2009
- 12.31.69 | Oct 9 09 NIH PREPARES TO LAUNCH 2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA VACCINE TRIAL IN PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA
- 12.31.69 | Pennsylvania DOH reverses guidance and now recommends following CDC guidance on H1H1
- 12.31.69 | Second wave of swine flu pandemic falls in U.S.
